diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index 9833720896..6a67d34775 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 				function getTopics(next) {
 					topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, current_user, function(topicsData) {
+						// Float pinned topics to the top of the list
+						topicsData = topicsData.sort(function(a, b) {
+							return parseInt(b.pinned, 10) - parseInt(a.pinned, 10);
+						});
+
 						next(null, topicsData);
 					}, category_id);
 				}